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How to stop runaway deforestation? Look at Indonesia.

Grist

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. In 2011, the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that it would stop handing out forest land for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is a dirty word for many environmentalists.

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Bayer Joins Greentown Labs’ Corporate Partner Network

Greentown Labs

In order to ensure this growth is done in a sustainable manner, climatetech innovation in the agtech space must be scaled and integrated into the world’s largest organizations—like Bayer—that are leading this growth. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. Some of you may recall the boom-and-bust cycle of clean tech from 2006–2011. More on the CI landscape and market opportunity below.) Why Climate Intelligence? Overstory (Seed | $1.8M

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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

Lead can get into particulate matter when a fire burns forest trees or other plants that have taken it up after it was released into the air or deposited in the soil, usually as a result of decades-old car emissions or industrial processes. Enforcing the use of masks requires monitoring by the state, for example. A new lead crisis?

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Against the grain

Envirotec Magazine

Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. It allocates actions to stakeholders including the EA, local authorities and organic processors. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Trees are drowning as the soil becomes soupier , starving their roots of oxygen. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean. Pavement is degrading faster.

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A world of equal weight: How an Aboriginal family’s battle with fossil fuels started with a walk

Grist

Sometimes the dynamics of this saturation are so complex and inscrutable that our strides unsettle sand that is several meters away, so that with each step we see little bursts of light up ahead of us, wherever the water is wicking through the grains. Broome residents attend a 2011 protest rally against the proposed natural gas plant.